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Ukraine's Zelenskyy to meet Trump on Monday after US-Russia summit secured no halt to fighting

By SAMYA KULLAB and ELISE MORTON
Aug 16, 2025 6:52 am - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he will meet U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on Monday after a Russia-U.S. summit ended without an agreement to stop the fighting in Ukraine after 3 1/2 years.
Ukraine attacks Russian refinery with Trump, Putin set to meet

Aug 15, 2025 9:07 pm - Ukraine attacked another Russian refinery just as Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump are poised to meet in Alaska on Friday to discuss a potential ceasefire. The strike on t...
Trump administration agrees to keep DC police chief in place, but with immigration enforcement order

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and STEPHEN GROVES
Aug 15, 2025 8:48 pm - WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Friday reversed course and agreed to leave the Washington, D.C., police chief in control of the department, while Attorney Genera...
This back-to-school season, educators prepare for ICE encounters

By Tobi Raji and Angie Orellana Hernandez
Aug 15, 2025 8:38 pm - As tens of millions of U.S. public school students begin a new academic year, some of the nation’s largest school districts are taking steps to shield them from President Donald Trump’s expansive deportation operation.
Texas Republicans start another redistricting session. California Democrats will counter

By NADIA LATHAN, BILL BARROW, MICHAEL R. BLOOD and TRÂN NGUYỄN
Aug 15, 2025 4:52 pm - Texas Republicans on Friday began a second special session to approve new congressional maps sought by President Donald Trump to bolster his party ahead of the 2026 midterm elections as California Democrats prepared to unveil their own redistricting plan in an intensifying fight over control of Congress.
Erin strengthens into the first Atlantic hurricane of the year

By Ben Noll and Scott Dance
Aug 15, 2025 4:47 pm - Erin became the first Atlantic hurricane of the year on Friday morning as it churned toward Caribbean islands.The storm had winds of 75 mph by 11 a.m. Eastern, according to the National Hurricane Center. It was forecast to bring potential for flooding rains to parts of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands this weekend.
Heat and thirst drive families in Gaza to drink water that makes them sick

By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAM METZ
Aug 15, 2025 4:36 pm - After waking early to stand in line for an hour under the August heat, Rana Odeh returns to her tent with her jug of murky water. She wipes the sweat from her brow and strategizes how much to portion out to her two small children. From its color alone, she knows full well it’s likely contaminated.Thirst supersedes the fear of illness.
Across the land, rainbow crosswalks face orders to erase ‘asphalt art’

By Lori Rozsa
Aug 15, 2025 4:19 pm - Across the Florida and the country, thousands of other brightly painted street crossings would be paved over under guidance recently issued by the administrations of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and President Donald Trump. The dual directives call for the erasure of “asphalt art.”
Michigan football fined 10s of millions of dollars, Moore suspended 3 games in sign-stealing scandal

By LARRY LAGE
Aug 15, 2025 12:39 pm - The NCAA fined Michigan tens of millions of dollars Friday and suspended coach Sherrone Moore for three games for a sign-stealing scandal that has loomed over college football’s winningest program for nearly two years.
Critics say Trump's push for fairness in college admissions is leaving out legacy preferences

By COLLIN BINKLEY
Aug 15, 2025 12:33 pm - President Donald Trump is attempting to reshape college admissions according to his definition of merit, with an emphasis on test scores and a blind eye toward diversity. Yet the Republican president’s critics and some allies question his silence on other admissions policies that give applicants a boost because of their wealth or family ties.

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